City of Houston City Council met Oct. 18 & 19

City of Houston City Council met Oct. 18 & 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 1:30 PM Hybrid Public Session (Virtual and in Person) & In-person Council Session

PRESENTATIONS

2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Pollard Due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting will offer the options to participate by videoconference or in-person. The meeting will be open to the public but restrictions regarding masks, allowable room capacity, and seating arrangements may be in place. The public meeting location will be City Hall Council Chamber, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, Texas 77002. The Mayor, as presiding officer of City Council, and some Council Members will be physically present. Other Council Members may participate by videoconference in accordance with the provisions of Section 551.127 of the Texas Government Code applicable to a governmental body that extends into three or more counties. The meeting will also be streamed as usual on the City’s website (https://www.houstontx.gov/htv/index.html), Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pg/HoustonTelevision/videos/) and the municipal channel on public television.

Members of the public may provide public comment during the Tuesday public session at (936) 755-1521; Conference ID# 733 308 241#. Details for signing up to speak in-person or virtually are posted at https://www.houstontx.gov/council/meetingsinfo.html.

Members of the public may attend the Wednesday morning Council session in person. Members of the public may attend the 9:00 a.m. public hearing in person or via Teams at (936) 755-1521. The Conference ID# for the 9:00 a.m. hearing is 611 412 39#. No public comment will be allowed outside of the public hearing

ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

PUBLIC SPEAKERS - Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary's Office.

NOTE: If a translator is required, please advise when reserving time to speak SP10-18-2022

RECESS

RECONVENE

WEDNESDAY - October 19, 2022 - 9:00 A. M.

DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT

HEARINGS

1. 9:00 AM - PUBLIC HEARING DATE in connection with the bond election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022

MAYOR'S REPORT

CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 2 through 39

MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 2 and 3

2. RECOMMENDATION from Director of Government Relations for adoption of the City of Houston Legislative Principles for the 88th Session of the Texas Legislature

3. RECOMMENDATION from the Director of Government Relations for annual renewal of membership in the TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE - $ 94,348.00 - General Fund

ACCEPTANCE OF WORK - NUMBER 4

4. RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of final contract amount of $5,463,810.18 and acceptance of work on contract with ANGEL BROTHERS ENTERPRISES, LTD. for FY2019 Pavement Repair & Rehab Work Orders #2 - 8.94% under the original Contract Amount DISTRICTS A - PECK; C - KAMIN; D - EVANS-SHABAZZ; H - CISNEROS and J - POLLARD

PURCHASING and TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 5 through 9

5. HOUSTON SPAY NEUTER CLINIC for approval of spending authority for Professional Services of Spay and Neuter for the BARC Shelter Pets - 3 Years - $1,652,400.00 - BARC Special Revenue Fund

6. SILSBEE TOYOTA for approval of purchase of Hybrid Toyota Camrys through the Interlocal Purchasing System for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of the Houston Police Department - $904,038.00 - General and Police Consolidated Construction Funds

7. GARY FRITZ for purchase of Horse Dry Animal Feed (Hay) for the Houston Police Department - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $1,012,500.00 - General Fund

8. TEXAS CONCRETE ENTERPRISE READY MIX, INC for approval of spending authority for Emergency Purchase of Ready-Mix Concrete for Houston Public Works - $445,000.00 - Stormwater and Other Funds

9. GLOBAL WET LLC. for Onsite Reconditioning of Self Cleaning Bar Filter Screen Parts and Services for Houston Public Works - $155,899.00 - Enterprise Fund

ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 10 through 39

10. ORDINANCE approving the creation of the Container Lease Fund (“the Fund”) with zero beginning fund balance to receive revenues from Container Lease Fees for Solid Waste Management Department (the “Department”); establishing the sources and uses of the Funds therein for the Operation, Maintenance and Support of the Department’s container lease related programs; appropriating any and all Funds received into the Fund for the purposes set out herein and authorized expenditures consistent with the purpose thereof

11. ORDINANCE approving SOUTHERN WATER CORPORATION'S amended tariff submitted to the City of Houston, Texas, on November 30, 2021 - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

12. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 2021-2 to increase the maximum contract amount for Professional Materials Engineering and Testing Services Contracts between City of Houston and 1) TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC, 2) AVILES ENGINEERING CORPORATION, 3) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC, 4) GEOTEST ENGINEERING, INC, 5) RABA KISTNER, INC, 6) NINYO & MOORE GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CONSULTANTS, 7) KENALL, INC dba RATNALA & BAHL, 8) ASSOCIATED TESTING LABORATORIES, INC 9 ) ALL-TERRA ENGINEERING, INC, 10) GORRONDONA ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC, 11) DAE & ASSOCIATES, LTD dba GEOTECH ENGINEERING AND TESTING, and 12) QC LABORATORIES, INC, for the Houston Airport System - DISTRICTS B - JACKSON; E - MARTIN and I - GALLEGOS

13. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Loan Agreement between City of Houston and HOUSTON AGAPE HOMES CDC to provide loan in Uptown TIRZ Series 2021 Affordable Homes Funds, to finance the infrastructure for a single-family development to be located at 6412 Calhoun Road in the OST - South Union Neighborhood - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ

14. ORDINANCE approving and adopting Version 2.0 of the City of Houston Harvey Single Family Development Program Guidelines

15. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the submission of Grant Application to the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, FOR ENHANCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING FOR COMMUNITIES, for the City of Houston Health Department’s Program Monitoring Air Pollutants of Greatest Concern in Communities with Disproportionate and Adverse Health Outcomes (the “Grant”); declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Director of the Houston Health Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of the Houston Health Department to accept the Grant and expend the Grant Funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Grant

16. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Grant Application to the Houston Health Department from the CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION for the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Disease (“the Grant”); declaring the City’s eligibility for such Grant; authorizing the Director of the Houston Health Department (“Director”) to act as the City’s representative in the application process, with the authority to accept the Grant and expend the Grant Funds, as awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the program

17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and WORKQUEST for Plastic Meter Box and Cover Installation and Reading Services for Houston Public Works; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $6,075,000.00 - Enterprise Fund

18. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and FORD AUDIO-VIDEO SYSTEMS, LLC for Professional Broadcast Audio Visual Technology Upgrade for City Hall Chambers for Houston Television (Municipal Channel); providing a maximum contract amount - $1,000,000.00 - State Cable TV Franchise Fee Fund

19. ORDINANCE approving and awarding contract between City of Houston and FIRETROL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, INC for Fire and Security Alarm System Maintenance, Inspections, Testing and Monitoring Services for Various Departments; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $16,597,493.50 - General, Enterprise and Other Funds

20. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between City of Houston and MORRIS & MCDANIEL, INC for Promotional Testing and Assessment Testing Services for Houston Fire Department Captains and Senior Captains for the Human Resources Department; providing a maximum contract amount - 2 Years with 3 one-year options - $3,589,400.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund

21. ORDINANCE authorizing and approving agreements for Professional Medical Expert Services between the City of Houston and DB3 UNLIMITED SERVICES, LLC and LOGICA RATIO, LLC; providing a maximum contract amount - 3 Years with 2 one-year options - $1,875,000.00.00 - Property & Casualty Fund

22. ORDINANCE approving fourth amendment to Lease Agreement between 6201 BONHOMME, L.P., as Landlord, and the City of Houston, Texas, as Tenant, for space located at 6201 Bonhomme Road, Houston, Harris County, Texas, for use by the City’s Health Department’s Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program - $1,694,073.96 - Grant Fund - DISTRICT J - POLLARD

23. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,776,390.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding Construction Manager At Risk Contract to ANSLOW BRYANT CONSTRUCTION, LTD for the Vinson Library Techlink Project; providing funding for contingency, HPL equipment, and Civic Art - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM

24. ORDINANCE de-appropriating $14,096.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund previously appropriated to Construction Manager At Risk Contract with SPAWGLASS CONSTRUCTION CORP (Approved by Ordinance No. 2022-0078) and appropriating $14,096.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund to the Professional Architectural Services Contract with BRAVE/ARCHITECTURE, INC for the Westbury Neighborhood Library Project - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM

25. ORDINANCE de-appropriating $135,056.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund previously appropriated to Construction Manager At Risk Contract with SPAWGLASS CONSTRUCTION CORP (Approved by Ordinance No. 2022-0537 and 2022-0078) and appropriating $135,056.00 out of Public Library Consolidated Construction Fund to the Task Order and Job Order Contracting Program for Construction Inspection Services for the Westbury Neighborhood Library Project - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM

26. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the execution of a Compromise, Settlement, Release and Indemnification Agreement between ALAN PEAN v. IASIS Healthcare Corporation, SJ Medical Center LLC doing business as St. Joseph Medical Center, Criterion Health Care Security, Inc, City of Houston, Roggie Law, Oscar Ortega, Steven Murdock, and Don Egdorf to settle a lawsuit - $902,500.00 - Property & Casualty Fund

27. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston, KATY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, and HARRIS COUNTY for the distribution of funds through the Texas Anti-Gang (“TAG”) Grant Program by the Office of the Public Safety through the Office of the Texas Governor (“Grant”); authorizing the Police Chief of the City of Houston Police Department (“Chief”) to act as the City’s representative to apply for, accept, and expend such Grant Funds, and to apply for, accept, and expend all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the Program

28. ORDINANCE approving the acquisition by the City of Houston, Texas of a 200 square foot street right-of-way easement, situated in the F Hamilton Survey, Abstract No. 1078, Harris County, Texas, from LANDMARK INDUSTRIES ENERGY, LLC, for a purchase price of $228,224.00 and other good and valuable consideration; approving and authorizing a Purchase and Sale Agreement between LANDMARK INDUSTRIES ENERGY, LLC (“Seller”) and the City of Houston, Texas (“Purchaser”) to purchase said right of-way easement - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

29. ORDINANCE consenting to the creation of FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 134F, containing approximately 364.652 acres of land, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston, Texas; authorizing the district to issue bonds

30. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 116.77 acres of land to FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 229, for inclusion in its district

31. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 6.97 acres of land to WEST HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 21, for inclusion in its district

32. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 3.03 acres of land to WESTHARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 21, for inclusion in its district

33. ORDINANCE consenting to the addition of 62.271 acres of land to HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 284, for inclusion in its district

34. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,988,636.28 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Advanced Funding Agreement between City of Houston and TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for Huffman-Cleveland Road north to FM1960; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund

35. ORDINANCE appropriating $18,557.77 out of Water & Sewer Contributed Capital Fund as an additional appropriation to contract between City of Houston and HARPER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LLC for 72-inch water line from Emancipation to Tuam along Polk, Hutchins, Clay, Chenevert, Hadley and Crawford (Approved by Ordinance No. 2019-0890) - DISTRICTS D - EVANS-SHABAZZ and I - GALLEGOS

36. ORDINANCE appropriating $525,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Ad Valorem Tax as an additional appropriation to Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and AGUIRRE & FIELDS, LP for Local Drainage and Paving Work Order Design Contract #4 (Approved by Ordinance No. 2019-0932, as amended); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Ad Valorem Tax

37. ORDINANCE appropriating $4,650,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge, awarding contract to DL GLOVER UTILITIES, LLC for FY2023 Local Drainage Program (LDP) Contract #1; setting a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Drainage Charge, contingency, and testing services

38. ORDINANCE appropriating $3,225,000.00 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, awarding contract to RELIANCE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, L.P. for Work Order Contract for Small Diameter Water Lines; setting a deadline for the bidder's execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund, contingency, and testing services

39. ORDINANCE awarding contract to SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC for Sanitary Sewer Targeted Cleaning and Television Inspection; setting a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providingfunding for contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Operating Fund; providing a maximum contract amount - $4,036,832.00 - Enterprise Fund

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA MATTERS HELD - NUMBER 40

40. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Interlocal Agreement between City of Houston and HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION for improvements at Jones Hall; providing a maximum contract amount - $2,500,000.00 - General Fund - DISTRICTS H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS

TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON

This was Item 23 on Agenda of October 12, 2022

MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Kubosh first

ALL ORDINANCES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AND TO BE PASSED ON ONE READING UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7, CITY CHARTER

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